Wolfgang

Yanis Varoufakis has lashed out again at Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, describing him as one who "signs whatever [German Finance Minister Wolfgang] Schaeuble and others bring to him."

Our partners and creditors owe us a clear description of what they want the restructuring of Greece's debt to look like. They don't owe it to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, but to the Greek people, ever since the time when a primary surplus was achieved - at great pains.

Former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has called on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to turn his back on Greece's lenders, adopt a parallel payment system that he was responsible for designing in 2015, and to unilaterally restructure the European Central Bank loans it holds.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang is said to have rejected a proposal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to free Greece from all payments on its bailout loans until 2040.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras told the Sunday edition of Greece’s newspaper, Ethnos, that Greek voters would not reinstate the “bankrupt” political system of the past and that SYRIZA will win the upcoming elections.

By Paul Gordon & Alessandro Speciale

When the world?s top finance ministers and central-bank chiefs meet in Dresden this week, they may struggle to stick to an agenda set by their German hosts that doesn?t mention Greece.

With just a few days to go before critical snap elections, the two main parties are battling for undecided voters and the center ground, with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras expected to emphasize the risks of a SYRIZA government in campaign speeches Wednesday.